LLW - Employability: Recruitment and Selection

The idea that our education doesn't end when we leave school or university - we should continue to learn through our jobs during Staff training or Development.

Advantages:

• Constantly evolving and learning new skils
• Improve your chances of promotion and consequent pay raise
• Ability to provide better service for your client.
• Ability to command a better salary

Disadvantages:

• It can be expensive and time-consuming
• You could be seen as being over-qualified for some jobs
• You may end up spending more time learning than working - may limit avaiable working hours etc.

• In-house Training - when more experienced employees train staff in the workplace
• Colleges - local technology colleges e.g. Belfast Met.
• Outside agencies may come to your workplace e.g. health profesionals could teach First Aid
• University - vocational courses are widely available and typically aimed at specific trades / businesses

'On the job' Advantages:

• Earn money whilst learning new skills
• Specific to the job you will be working at
• Cheaper for employer - no need to arrange external training
• You get to practice new skills immediately

'On the job' Disadvantages:

• The standard may not be as high as external training
• Training may be too specific to job - not transferable to other places of work
• Employer will have to pay more to employees who are trained

Advantages:

• Highly skilled people are there to instruct you
• The training can be more ficussed on your needs and level of expertise
• You can receive 'theoretical' training - role play and scenarios
• Can be less stressful if you are out of the workplace

Disadvantages:

• It could be inneffective or unconnected to your role in the wokplace
• It can seem fake or artificial
• It is more expensive for employer
• The trainers may not be fully aware of the conditions under which you work - may not be transferable to you wrokplace
• You will not be working as you train

Careers Service Northern Ireland:

• Provide a range of support for those unemployed or wish to change their career
• They provide infrmation on Training and Qualifications, the Labour Market, Job Information, and Information for Parents

Job Centres:

• Will help you organise training course if you need to retrain in another field
• The are connected to Institues of Further and Higher Education and can point you in the right direction

Learn Direct:

• Offer a range of Business / ICT courses that can be completed online or at home
• They are geared toward improving skills and are modular to suit your needs

• House prices have reduced dramtically leaving home-owners with negative equity (when your mortgage is worth more than your home).
• A lot of small businesses have had to close
• Job losses
• Public spending has been cut (money the government spend on pulic infrastructure)

• A professional staff leads to a professional business - one that will reap more profit and be more successful than one that is not.
• If an employee works with customers, then an employer will want the employee to deal with them in a professional manner - good customer service = customer loyalty = more profit for business.
• The employer will want employees to attract new customers to the business in order to gain customer loyalty.

• Interview - may ask questions about qualities or what you could bring to the company.
• Application Form - employer will know of your skils and previous work experience
• Letter or Email correspondence - employer may ask of your skills and competencies etc.
• Presentation and Testing - employer can asses certain skills, especially communication and presesntation.

• Ask careers teacher at school
• Jobfinder
• Research online or at the library
• Pathfinder

It is the employer's responsibility to ensure all employees are paid their salary/wage.

They also need to make sure that employees pay Income Tax and National insurance.

• Salary - a year of an annual salary divided equally between twelve months.
• Wage - paid by the hour and given a weekly pay cheque.

• Compassionate Leave - usually unpaid leave for an employee should an emergency arise with a relative (also to attend a funeral).
• Holidays - all employees should be allocated annual leave.
• Health and Safety - training should be undertaken by all members of staff and safety signs should be visable around he workplace.
• Equality - employer should make sure no one is treated unfairly because of their race, religion etc (Section 75).
• Disability - employer must have provisions for employees with a diability including access to building and disabled toilets.